The place where Yang Ming celebrated his birthday did not choose the Heavenly Earth or the Nightless Club, but he chose Ju Yuan Chun, the place where he celebrated his birthday a year ago.
Although Yang Ming was no longer the same as before, he still missed the days a year ago. The tense and relaxed senior high school life, arguing with Chen Mengyan every day and having fun with Zhang Bin.
When Yang Ming arrived at Ju Yuan Chun, Zhang Bin was standing in the hotel lobby and talking to the boss here. Because he was a friend of Zhang Bin, he was naturally familiar with Zhang Jiefang. Moreover, Zhang Bin often came here with Zhang Jiefang. After going to university, he founded his own company and was injured, so he did not come here for a while.
"Bro! You are here! " Seeing Yang Ming walking into the hotel, Zhang Bin quickly greeted him. Just like a year ago, he waited for Yang Ming at the school gate.
"I'm not late, right?" Yang Ming saw Zhang Bin and smiled at him. "I asked you to wait for me again this year."
"I booked the place. Of course, I have to come early. Sister-in-law hasn't come yet. She is in the company with Sisi. She will come in a while." Zhang Bin said.
"Why? Is there still business today?" Yang Ming was surprised. The jewelry exhibition had been over for a while, but he didn't expect the jewelry company's business to be so popular.
"Well, February 14th is Valentine's Day, and March 14th is called White Valentine's Day!" Zhang Bin said, "So, the store's business is also very popular today. Sisi has to take care of it."
"White Valentine's Day? What is that? " Yang Ming was inexplicable. He only knew about Valentine's Day, but he didn't know about White Valentine's Day!
"I didn't know. It wasn't because of the promotion in the company. It was a promotion plan proposed by an employee. Only then did I know what White Valentine's Day was!" Zhang Bin explained, "This White Valentine's Day is actually called returning etiquette!"
"Etiquette?" Yang Ming was suddenly interested. He didn't expect his birthday to be a holiday! This was the first time that Yang Ming had heard of it.
"In fact, Valentine's Day and White Valentine's Day first originated in Rome in the third century." Zhang Bing began to apply what he had learned on the spot. This knowledge was obtained from the promotion plan of the employee in the company. "On February 14th, the Roman emperor saved a pair of lovers who were about to be executed for violating the prohibition on marriage. The Roman emperor set up Valentine's Day to commemorate this day. A month later, on the 14th of March, the rescued lovers swore that they would love each other until they died. In order to commemorate this day, they set a new date as White Valentine's Day. And this festival spread from Europe to the rest of the world. "
"What does this have to do with etiquette?" Yang Ming was baffled.
"Bro, wait for me to finish!" Zhang Bin continued with a bitter smile, "According to legend, if a man and a woman receive a Valentine's Day gift from the opposite sex on February 14th to express their love, and they have the same good feelings or feelings for each other, they will give each other a valentine's gift on March 14th. It means that they have a mutual understanding of each other. This is the origin of returning etiquette! "
"It turned out to be like this! D * mn, if I receive a bunch of birthday gifts in a while, how would that be counted? Would it count as White Valentine's Day or as a birthday gift? "Yang Ming listened to Zhang Bin's words and asked with a smile.
"Ha, that's between you and the sisters-in-law. It has nothing to do with me. I just told you what I know!" Zhang Bin said quickly. He didn't want to get involved in Yang Ming's family matters. After all, it wasn't a year ago.
It was really fun to think about it. A year ago, he and his bro were still talking about Chen Mengyan. Now, Chen Mengyan had become his sister-in-law … So, Zhang Bin didn't dare to comment.
Yang Ming and Zhang Bin were talking. Suddenly, the door of the restaurant was pushed open with a "bang" sound. Four young men wearing black leather jackets with cigarettes in their mouths came in from the outside. Among them, a young man wearing sunglasses shouted without hesitation, "Who is the boss?"
"I am …" A middle-aged man next to Zhang Bin looked nervous and greeted with a smile, "Excuse me, what's the matter?"
"You are the boss?" The sunglasses man spat out the cigarette in his mouth on the carpet and then kicked it with his foot. Suddenly, there was a burnt black mark on the red carpet.
Ju Yuan Chun's boss also knew that these four people didn't look like good people. He knew that they were looking for trouble by listening to their tone, so he didn't dare to be angry. He said carefully, "I am …"
"Well, since you are the boss, then I won't say anything unnecessary!" The sunglasses man snorted. "Do you know what I do?"
"I don't know … Excuse me, little brother is …" Ju Yuan Chun's boss asked quickly.
"Brother my ass! Who's your brother?" The sunglasses man grabbed the collar of Ju Yuan Chun's boss and pushed him hard. Then, he said, "I am from the Ming Yang Company. Haven't you heard of it?"
"Ming Yang Company … I have heard of it. I have heard of it …" Ju Yuan Chun's boss nodded quickly. In this year, the Ming Yang Company was thriving. How could he not know? As a hotel owner, how could he not know the name of Ming Yang Brother Bao?
"It's good that you have heard of it. There is no need to say more about what we do." The sunglasses man snorted. "My boss asked you to prepare fifty thousand yuan as a protection fee! In the future, it will be this amount every month! "
"Ah …" Ju Yuan Chun's boss was stunned and shocked. "Fifty thousand yuan, this is too much. My restaurant can only earn a few fifty thousand yuan a month …"
"I don't care how many fifty thousand yuan you earn. Our boss asked you to give me fifty thousand yuan. You have to give me fifty thousand yuan!" The sunglasses man obviously didn't want to waste more time with Ju Yuan Chun's boss. He waved his hand and said.
"Excuse me, your boss is …" Ju Yuan Chun's boss saw that the sunglasses man didn't listen to him, so he had to ask. In fact, he also had some security guards and strong waiters in his restaurant. He could totally drive these four guys out, but he couldn't resist the reputation of the Ming Yang Company. Who dared to provoke them? Therefore, Ju Yuan Chun's boss was angry, but he didn't dare to act rashly.
"Motherf * cker, my boss is Bao Sanli, Brother Bao. Don't you know?" The sunglasses man said with a glare.
Yang Ming thought that they were just a few punks who had watched too many movies, but he didn't expect that these people could directly say the name of Bao Sanli! In fact, not many people knew the name of Bao Sanli. Everyone knew that he was called Brother Bao, but they didn't know that he was called Bao Sanli! The people who knew the name of Bao Sanli could be said to be very few. Except for the employees of Ming Yang's formal industrial companies, almost no one in the underworld knew.
Therefore, when Yang Ming heard the sunglasses man mention the name of Bao Sanli, he suddenly frowned. He didn't know the identity of this person.
When Ju Yuan Chun's boss heard the name of Bao Sanli, he was suddenly stunned, but he naturally knew Brother Bao. He quickly said, "It turns out to be Brother Bao …"
"It's good that you know. I thought you didn't know. If you don't know, I have to beat you until you know!" The sunglasses man snorted and said, "Tomorrow, prepare fifty thousand yuan for me. I will come to pick it up personally. Otherwise, don't think about opening this restaurant!"
After that, the sunglasses man didn't care what the boss of Ju Yuan Chun thought. He waved his hand directly and took his three underlings out of the Ju Yuan Chun Hotel.
When the sunglasses man was talking, Yang Ming deliberately took out his mobile phone and pretended to send a text message. In fact, he used the mobile phone's camera function to take a picture of the appearance of these four people, and then sent it to Bao Sanli through MMS. He also used a text message to ask Bao Sanli if he knew these people.
Zhang Bin naturally knew Bao Sanli, and he vaguely knew the relationship between Bao Sanli and Yang Ming. However, seeing that Yang Ming didn't speak at the moment, Zhang Bin didn't dare to be nosy. He stood aside with Yang Ming and quietly watched the development of the matter.
"Ai." After the four people left, the boss of Ju Yuan Chun sighed and said, "This business is really getting more and more difficult. I thought that after the underworld of Song Jiang was unified, I didn't have to pay the black money like protection fees every month. I didn't expect that I would have to pay more!"
"These people aren't imposters, right?" said Yang Ming suddenly.
"Imposters? How can they be imposters? "The boss of Ju Yuan Chun shook his head and said," Who dares to impersonate them? If Brother Bao knew, wouldn't he be beaten to death? I think this must be Brother Bao's idea … Ai! Well, let's not talk about this. You are Zhang Bin's friend. Today is your birthday. Don't let these messy things ruin your mood! "
Although it wasn't a small amount to take out fifty thousand yuan a month, the boss of Ju Yuan Chun could still afford it. The scale of his hotel wasn't small. He had at least eighty to one hundred thousand yuan a month. If he gave out fifty thousand yuan, he could still have thirty to fifty thousand yuan left. It was considered that he had left some leeway.
Soon, Yang Ming's mobile phone received a text message from Bao Sanli. "Brother Yang, I don't know these four people. What's the situation?"
Yang Ming looked at Bao Sanli's text message and frowned. Sure enough, they are imposters. However, aren't these four brats quite bold? They actually dare to use the Ming Yang Company's Bao Sanli's name to swindle others!
Yang Ming replied to Bao Sanli's text message and told him what had just happened. He ordered Bao Sanli to strictly investigate these people who swindle others in the name of Ming Yang! If this kind of behavior continued, then wouldn't the reputation of Ming Yang Company be ruined by these people?
Bao Sanli replied to the text message and said that he would send someone to strictly investigate this matter, but he also said that this was the first time he encountered this kind of thing. He had never heard of similar things happening before.
Looking at Bao Sanli's text message, Yang Ming faintly felt that something was not quite right, but he couldn't tell what was wrong. Yang Ming shook his head. Over there, Zhang Bin had already talked about other things with the boss of Ju Yuan Chun, leaving the unpleasantness behind.
By listening to the conversation between Ju Yuan Chun's boss and Zhang Bin, Yang Ming learned that Ju Yuan Chun's boss had made a lot of money in recent years and was preparing to withdraw from the catering industry. He planned to go abroad to find his son who was studying abroad after withdrawing.
However, Yang Ming could also guess that the withdrawal of Ju Yuan Chun's boss must have a lot to do with today's incident. Perhaps he had thought of retreating a long time ago, but today's matter made him even more determined to do so.
As they were talking, Zhao Ying walked into the restaurant gracefully with a small gift box in her hand. When she saw Yang Ming and Zhang Bin, she smiled and nodded to them.
"Miss Zhao …" Although Zhang Bin also faintly knew that there seemed to be some ambiguous relationship between Yang Ming and Zhao Ying, it was not so detailed, and they didn't have much contact usually. At this time, when he suddenly saw Zhao Ying appear here, he suddenly felt a little restrained. After all, Zhao Ying was his former teacher. He still couldn't adapt to this situation.
"Hehe, Zhang Bin, you are also here." Zhao Ying said with a smile, "You don't have to call me Miss Zhao. I am in the same school as you. Now we are schoolmates. You and Yang Ming can call me Sister Ying or Senior Sister."
Yang Ming had some doubts. Is this Zhao Ying? A few days ago on QQ, Zhao Ying was still crying. Why is she so natural today? It seems like nothing happened?
"Sister Ying, that … that day …" Yang Ming scratched his head and saw that Zhang Bin was still by the side. Some words couldn't be said.
Zhang Bin also realized that he was a third wheel, so he quickly went to the side and continued to talk to the boss of Ju Yuan Chun. Yang Ming paused, and he couldn't say anything.
"What day?" Zhao Ying smiled slightly and handed the gift in her hand to Yang Ming without any anger. "This is for you. Happy birthday."
"Thank you!" Since Zhao Ying was so normal, Yang Ming didn't say anything more. He took the gift from Zhao Ying's hand and said, "Is this a birthday gift or a return gift for Valentine's Day?"
"What return gift for Valentine's Day? When did you give me a gift for Valentine's Day? " When Zhao Ying said this, she suddenly realized that she had made a mistake. She blushed and said, "Don't talk nonsense. Do you want it or not? If you don't want it, I will take it back. "
"Yes … yes, of course, I want it." Yang Ming smiled and thought, It seems that Zhao Ying definitely knows about White Valentine's Day! Listening to the meaning of her words just now, is she complaining that I didn't give her a Valentine's Day gift?
I naturally want to give her a gift, but I am afraid that I will be rejected!
"Sister Ying, let's go upstairs. I will take you to the private room upstairs." When Yang Ming saw that Zhao Ying was a little embarrassed, he understood that she was thin-skinned. Zhao Ying's temperament was like this. If he went too far, she would shrink back. Yang Ming must grasp this scale.
"I won't go. Chen Mengyan, Zhao Sisi, and the others should come in a while. After all, I have been your teacher. You will definitely not be used to talking together." Zhao Ying shook her head and said, "I came to give you a gift. I will go first."
"Ah? Don't, Sister Ying. Aren't you very familiar with Mengyan? It's okay to be together … "Yang Ming was stunned after listening to Zhao Ying's words, and then he quickly invited her." Zhao Sisi isn't familiar with Mengyan.
"Zhao Sisi isn't familiar with it. I'm Zhang Bing and Zhao Sisi's teacher. They definitely aren't used to it. Look at Zhang Bing. He's not used to it now!" Zhao Ying smiled and said, "Well, I'll go first. I hope you guys have fun!"
"This …" Yang Ming was really inexplicable about Zhao Ying's behavior today. What is this? She just came to give me a gift? Then she left?
However, seeing that Zhao Ying insisted on leaving, Yang Ming couldn't help it. He had to send her to the door, and then he waved goodbye to Zhao Ying. Originally, Yang Ming wanted to take the opportunity to apologize for the incident that day, but when he saw Zhao Ying's smiling face, Yang Ming really couldn't speak!
This is simply too strange! Did Zhao Ying forget the unpleasantness of that day? But if she really forgot the unpleasantness of that day, then why didn't she stay for dinner?
A woman's mind … Especially Zhao Ying's mind, Yang Ming still couldn't figure it out. It was really a headache! Yang Ming hated himself for being timid. If he had forcefully kissed Zhao Ying on that moonlit night, or even forcefully grabbed and touched her, and did something that was beyond friendship, things would have been settled, right?
"Bro, why did Miss Zhao leave?" Zhang Bin saw that Yang Ming sent Zhao Ying away and asked, baffled.
"She was afraid that you and Sisi wouldn't be used to it, so she left first." Yang Ming shrugged and said.
"Me? Not used to it with Sisi? No way? "Zhang Bin suddenly said bitterly," Bro, how can you blame me for this? I have become a sinner, and yet … "
"It's okay. In fact, Sister Ying has something to do at school …" Yang Ming saw that Zhang Bin was blaming himself, so he quickly comforted him, "I just made a joke …"
Although Yang Ming didn't know why Zhao Ying insisted on leaving, he could guess the general reason. It should be related to the incident that day. Yang Ming naturally wouldn't be stupid enough to think that Zhao Ying had forgotten the incident that day. Zhao Ying didn't mention it because she didn't want to mention it. She didn't want to embarrass both of them, right?
"Ai, you scared me to death!" Zhang Bin sweated and said, "Bro, you really scared me to death. I almost became a sinner …"
"Don't talk nonsense. I have nothing to do with Sister Ying. It's not the kind of relationship you think." Yang Ming was afraid that Zhang Bin, this guy, would say something. If Chen Mengyan knew about it, then it would be a bit messy, so he quickly told him.
"Oh, oh, I understand, I understand!" Zhang Bin looked like he knew everything and nodded with a smile.
"D * mn!" Yang Ming was so angry that he scolded, "What do you understand? You understand. You don't understand anything!"
As they were fooling around, the hotel door was pushed open again. Four girls came in. One of them was wearing a black professional suit. Naturally, she was Zhang Bin's wife, Zhao Sisi. However, what surprised Yang Ming was the other three girls!
Today, Chen Mengyan, Lin Zhiyun, and Zhou Jiajia actually wore the same style of coat. Not only that, but even their hairstyles, scarves, gloves, and boots were exactly the same. They were like triplets.
Yang Ming looked at the three beauties in front of him. He opened his mouth in surprise and couldn't speak …
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